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D. STEPHENS.

v Cooking Stove.

N0. 431 Patented Oct. '18, 1837.

DANIEL STEPHENS, OF KIR'TLAND, OHIO.

FIRE APPARATUS FOR COOKING- ,ANID WARMING APARTMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 431, dated October 18, 17837.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL SrEPHENs,.of Kirtland, in the county .ofGeauga and State of Ohio, have invented a new piece of household fireeconomy, called the Lafayette Fire Apparatus for the use ofcooking andin the middle of each, to handle them by.

also for warming rooms and houses; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description of the same.

The formation of my invention consists in the following, viz. The firstmarked a in the respective figures on the drawings, is a cast ironhearth usually of an octagonal or eight square form two feet broad onethird of an inch thick with a plain surface except the edge which has abead a quarter of an.

I tises at each end so that for coarse coal they may be turned edgewiseand flatwise for inch high.

Beneath this hearth are one or two pieces of sheet iron to nearly of thesize of the hearth with a space of an inch between the hearth and firstplate and also an inch between the second and the first for the purposeof preventing the heat from burning" the floor, these may be attached tothe hearth by means of wire or they may be be attached to the four legsy, 3 which are usually three inches long. The portion marked 0 is a castiron box or stove eighteen inches long and twelve broad and eight highwith two doors 2, 2, on each side, and one on each end hung on hingesand fastened with a button; the doors extend from the bottom to withinan inch and a half of the top and an inch and a quarter of the corners;the side doors are to have a notch an inch square at each of the lowercorners where they meet for the admitting of air for draft. On the topof this box are two round apertures w, w, for the reception of boilers,etc.; at one side of these apertures (which are six inches broad) aretwo notches 'v, 1), three inches long and an inch and a half broad forthe draft. Around these apertures are eminences a, a, raised an inch anda half high and an inch and a half from the apertures forming twocircles except at the opposite side of the notches where there is aspace left of four inches in length where one wing of each runs directlytoward each other and unites in the center and the other two which areoutside run directly to the edge. On the inner edges of these there is afurrow or half groove a quarter of an inch deep for the reception of acast plate t, t, to be fastened with screws. The outer edge of thisplate is formed-into a pipe three inches long and a little elevated thusforming a flue. There is p a round plate of cast iron just fitting downinto the eminence with an eye inthe middle this serves as a damper tothrow the fire all under one boiler. There are to be two griddles withbales and two lids or covers fitting the top of the eminence with an eyeTo these apertures may be fitted boilers or j other cooking utensils.

The part marked 0 is a drum with one fiat pipe fitting the pipe of thestove and the other pipe is'a round one, eight inches in diameter. Thepart marked d is a grate, eighteen inches long, and twelvebroad, thebottom bars of this grate which are "square at the end and flat in themiddle fit into mor fine; this grate may be made in two distinct parts.The upper part is made of four bars fastened at the ends and withuprights or fingers six inches long pointing downward, and resting onthe lower part ofthe grate within an eminence raised on the outer upperedge a quarter of an inch high and a half an inch thick except at thecorners l where it is an eighth of an inch thick leaving room for thestove corners or legs which are to extend so much below the doors, thelegs of this grate are three inches long placed in a position to receivea drawer.

The part marked 6 is a drawer or ash box just fitting the dimensions ofthe grate and stove and made of sheet iron, with a handle on each side.

The part marked 9 is an oven made of tin or sheet iron eight inches highand of the same size of the stove, it is a plain box similar to the ashbox; it has a notch s, s, on one side large enough to fit the fine ofthe stove and ahandle on the top instead of the sides this must beinverted on the top of the stove which stove answers the purpose of thebottom of the oven.

A wrought iron grate or gridiron is to be used; this is marked Z, it iscomposed of. several pieces of wrought iron two or three runninglengthwise, and two crosswise, fastened to the ends of the bars that runlengthwise, at each end of the two cross bars are fastened a strip ofiron, 1", 7', seven and a half inches long, about three inches from oneend thus forming two sets of legsone set three inches long and the otherset over four inches when turned over.

The part marked it is a draft or flue for the reception and conveyanceof smoke and is formed of sheet iron in the following manner, firstthere is an oval or flattened drum fourteen inches long, and the samebroad, and four deep, with an eight inch pipe projecting or rising fromone of the flat sides; after rising four feet it forms an elbow, andrunning horizontally four feet farther it forms another elbow, andrising again perpendicularly it enters an aperture in the ceiling, orupper floor, where a hook beingmade fast marked f, enters a hole on theunder side of the second elbow upon which it can be turned in differentpositions. But if the pipe enters a chimney, or runs through a wallhorizontally, a third elbow must be formed about siX or eight inchesabove the second in which case a bolt being made fast to the ceilingmust enter the third elbow at a hole at the top and pass down through ahole on the under side of the second elbow wherethere is a screw cut anda nut screwed on to answer the purpose of the hook f. There must be ajoint just above the second elbow in both cases, and left somethingloose so as to admit of its turning at pleasure.

A piece of sheet iron thirty inches long and twenty broad having theedges turned in a quarter of an'inch on each of thetwo sides a line isthen drawn from one of these sides to the other at an equal distancefrom each end and the sheet bent upon this line to a trianglethen anotch is cut a quarter of an inch deep at each of the four corners onthe ends three inches from the corners, then a line is drawn from each'of these notches to the two bent corners and then bent to nearly aright angle, the opposite way of the other bend; thus forming a back andtwo ambs on each side. Then bend a quarter of an inch of each end towardeach other to a right angle and hook these into the two apertures madeat the two sides of the drum being an inch wide and thirteen and a halflong; then take a piece of sheet iron fifteen inches long, and threebroad, and fasten on the top of each of the jambs to serve as amantle'-piece, and the draft is finished, except a loop close to thepipe into which a large wire is hooked suspended from the ceiling forthe support of the boiler which is marked j, made of tin, or brass,twenty inches long and ten deep of a triangular form so as to fitbetween the two backs of the draft having a lid or cover at one end,similar to the lid of a ladys workbasket, and at the lower corner underthe lid is a spigot to draw off the water and at each end a handle orear to handle it by.

The part marked is an andiron twelve inches long and the same broad madein the same form of the gridiron except there is one bar runninglengthwise instead of two or three and the legs 'are two inches long,and the uprights or posts six inches long.

To set the Lafayette fire-apparatus in operation, select that corner orother part of the room whereyou would wish to have it; when the centeris wanted, and if the pipe is to pass through the ceiling, make theaperture in the ceiling half way between the place in the corner and thecenter, if the room be large; but if the room be small, make it a littleone side then fasten the hook f to the ceiling in a situation not tointerfere with the turning of the pipe, then fasten two small hooks oneover the center and one at the corner on which the wire may be hooked;after hanging the draft, place the hearth beneath, and on the hearth theandiron if wood is used, but if coal place your grate (or the lower partof the grate may be used for wood if you choose,) then build your fire,remembering to have the bottom of the draft within one or two inches ofthe top of the grate, when you want to cook, place from one to four tinreflectors around the fire, with one edge resting on the hearth and theother on a small stool as high as the hearth, and if you want to heatwater place your triangular boiler into the space of the draft; if thisis not large enough place the stove over the grate with the cornersresting on the corners I of the lower part of the grate in a groove leftfor that purpose; and then place on the large boilers, at the same timedrawing the hearth a little toward you so that the flue of the stovewill correspond withvone of the apertures in the draft, or if you shouldchoose you may place the drum 0 instead of the draft; and if you shouldchoose to bake and not by reflectors, place the gridironon the top ofthe stove and after putting the thing to be baked thereon slide down theoven 9 over it; you may have the doors open or shut or take them off,but if you should want the center of the room just draw the hearth intothe corner, at the same time unhitohing the wire at top, and hitch itagain at the corner, providing your draft is up at the time.

What I claim in the above is- The manner of constructing and combiningthe hearth, or plate a, which is to sustain the fire, with a stove, orwith a boiler, in connection with a pipe suspended from the ceiling, orotherwise afiixed as herein clescribed, with the general constructionand arrangement of the apparatus, as herein shown.

I also claim the apparatus for the draft, suspended from the ceiling, asdescribed.

The above sizes and dimensions are given that the proportion may beunderstood, and probably would do for a small size but any size may bemade whatever.

DANIEL STEPHENS.

Witnesses:

' JOHN LIIP,

JAMES H. WYNN.

